Quality Win-Loss Matrix

The Quality Win-Loss Matrix ranks teams solely on three factors: (1) Who did you play? (2) Where did you play them? and (3) Did you win or lose?

Year: 2009 | 2008 |

Week: Pre-season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

Quality Win-Loss Matrix- Week 12 Biggest wins this season
#	Team	Rating	Win Points	Loss Points
1	Alabama (11-0)	75.55	75.55	0
2	Texas (11-0)	68.18	68.17	0
3	Florida (11-0)	56.83	56.83	0
4	Oregon (9-2)	31.06	55.88	24.82
5	Georgia Tech (10-1)	29.48	42.5	13.02
6	Cincinnati (10-0)	28.44	28.44	0
7	TCU (11-0)	27.18	27.18	0
8	Oklahoma St. (9-2)	18.26	40.5	22.23
9	Boise St. (11-0)	14.68	14.67	0
10	Iowa (10-2)	13.73	42.8	29.07
11	Ohio St. (10-2)	9.59	34.64	25.06
12	Miami (8-3)	5.16	46.5	41.35
13	LSU (8-3)	1.77	24.02	22.25
14	BYU (9-2)	0.55	28.61	28.07
15		0	0	0
16	Texas Tech (7-4)	-0.07	49.71	49.78
17	Nebraska (8-3)	-1.33	42.41	43.74
18	Penn St. (10-2)	-1.97	24.28	26.26
19	Mississippi (8-3)	-1.99	33.89	35.87
20	Southern Cal (7-3)	-3.14	41.44	44.58
21	Houston (9-2)	-6.74	34.78	41.52
22	Pittsburgh (9-1)	-6.84	9.14	15.98
23	California (8-3)	-7.82	32.21	40.02
24	Oregon St. (8-3)	-9.34	27.52	36.86
25	Arkansas (7-4)	-12.64	23.31	35.95
26	Virginia Tech (8-3)	-14.59	23.21	37.8
27	North Carolina (8-3)	-15.7	36.85	52.56
28	Cent. Michigan (9-2)	-16.35	9.86	26.21
29	Kentucky (7-4)	-17.54	25.54	43.08
30	Clemson (8-3)	-19.73	26.53	46.26
31	Utah (9-2)	-21.89	0	21.89
32	South Florida (7-3)	-22.54	21.95	44.49
33	Stanford (7-4)	-23.22	38.2	61.42
34	South Carolina (6-5)	-25.21	22.57	47.79
35	Auburn (7-4)	-27.03	28.99	56.02
36	Oklahoma (6-5)	-28.02	22.06	50.09
37	Troy (8-3)	-30	0	30
38	Georgia (6-5)	-31.62	24.61	56.23
39	Wisconsin (8-3)	-31.65	10.96	42.62
40	Missouri (7-4)	-31.76	17.67	49.43
41	Navy (8-3)	-32.35	11.68	44.03
42	Tennessee (6-5)	-34.17	16.47	50.65
43	Temple (9-2)	-34.26	0.31	34.57
44	West Virginia (7-3)	-38.32	2.65	40.97
45	Nevada (8-3)	-40.6	1.25	41.86
46	Boston College (7-4)	-42.78	11.48	54.26
47	Arizona (6-4)	-42.91	12.44	55.36
48	Northwestern (8-4)	-43.23	22.04	65.28
49	Rutgers (7-3)	-43.7	7.44	51.15
50	Florida St. (6-5)	-46.08	27.3	73.38
51	UCF (7-4)	-46.95	3.79	50.74
52	Middle Tenn. St. (8-3)	-51.35	0	51.35
53	Fresno St. (7-4)	-54.15	0	54.15
54	Connecticut (5-5)	-56.78	16.05	72.83
55	Ohio (8-3)	-56.83	0	56.83
56	Texas A&M (6-5)	-58.03	17.03	75.05
57	Notre Dame (6-5)	-59.51	12.51	72.02
58	UCLA (6-5)	-61.42	9.77	71.19
59	East Carolina (7-4)	-63.46	1.49	64.95
60	Idaho (7-4)	-63.54	0	63.54
61	Kansas (5-6)	-67.79	2.23	70.02
62	Southern Miss. (7-4)	-68.55	0	68.55
63	Iowa St. (6-6)	-71.82	18.53	90.35
64	Washington (3-7)	-72.19	24.08	96.27
65	Baylor (4-7)	-72.98	16.55	89.52
66	Kansas St. (6-6)	-75.93	6.32	82.25
67	Air Force (7-5)	-76.24	0	76.24
68	Mississippi St (4-7)	-76.69	8.56	85.25
69	Minnesota (6-6)	-77.22	5.08	82.29
70	La.-Monroe (6-5)	-77.52	0	77.52
71	Michigan St. (6-6)	-80.9	9.71	90.61
72	Duke (5-6)	-81.39	7.72	89.11
73	Bowling Green (6-5)	-83.13	4.22	87.35
74	Marshall (6-5)	-83.25	0	83.25
75	N. Illinois (7-4)	-83.76	2.89	86.64
76	Wyoming (5-6)	-84.02	0	84.02
77	SMU (6-5)	-88.46	4.22	92.68
78	Michigan (5-7)	-89.09	14.17	103.26
79	La.-Lafayette (6-5)	-92.58	0	92.58
80	Arizona St. (4-7)	-93.18	0	93.18
81	Purdue (5-7)	-98.02	19.51	117.53
82	Illinois (3-7)	-98.87	8.02	106.89
83	Wake Forest (4-7)	-99.96	2.5	102.46
84	Syracuse (4-7)	-102.8	3.33	106.13
85	N.C. State (4-7)	-103.66	5.66	109.33
86	Louisville (4-7)	-106.34	0	106.33
87	UAB (5-6)	-106.42	2.36	108.78
88	Hawaii (5-6)	-108.48	0	108.48
89	W. Michigan (5-6)	-109.01	0	109
90	Colorado (3-8)	-110.06	11.77	121.82
91	UNLV (4-7)	-110.14	0	110.14
92	Tulsa (4-7)	-115.16	0	115.16
93	Indiana (4-8)	-116.67	0	116.67
94	Toledo (5-6)	-118.83	0	118.83
95	Virginia (3-8)	-120.51	6.4	126.9
96	Kent St. (5-6)	-121.26	0	121.26
97	Army (5-6)	-126.09	0	126.09
98	San Diego St. (4-7)	-127.71	0	127.71
99	Louisiana Tech (3-8)	-128.03	0	128.03
100	Fla. Atlantic (3-7)	-137.56	0	137.56
101	Maryland (2-9)	-138.81	8.79	147.6
102	Florida Intl (3-8)	-139.7	0	139.7
103	Utah St. (3-8)	-141.08	0	141.08
104	Vanderbilt (2-10)	-145.36	0	145.36
105	Tulane (3-8)	-146.19	0	146.19
106	Buffalo (4-7)	-151.82	0	151.82
107	Washington St. (1-10)	-152	0	152
108	Rice (2-9)	-154.55	0	154.55
109	UTEP (3-8)	-155.97	8.71	164.67
110	San Jose St. (1-9)	-157.95	0	157.95
111	Colorado St. (3-8)	-158.12	3.76	161.88
112	Arkansas St. (2-8)	-158.12	0	158.12
113	Memphis (2-9)	-163.61	0	163.6
114	New Mexico St. (3-8)	-165.15	0	165.14
115	Akron (2-9)	-182.57	0	182.57
116	New Mexico (1-10)	-194.9	0	194.9
117	North Texas (2-9)	-205.12	0	205.12
118	W. Ky (0-10)	-212.05	0	212.05
119	Ball St. (1-10)	-212.74	0	212.74
120	Miami (Ohio) (1-11)	-219.14	0	212.74

Computing the Quality Win-Loss Matrix

The Quality Win-Loss Matrix assigns win points and loss points to every game of the season based on the strength of the opponent’s VSI and where the game was played.

Defeat a team with a VSI of 8 and receive ~8 win points. Defeat a team with a VSI of 21 and receive ~21 win points.

If you defeat a below average team, one with a negative VSI, you do not receive any win points - after all what have you really accomplished by beating a below average team?

Loss points are calculated in reverse. The lower the VSI of your opponent, the higher the loss points a team accumulates so teams are penalized more for losing to bad teams.

Win points and loss points are combined to create a single ranking for apples-to-apples comparisons across teams playing widely different strengths of schedule.